inhere in
phrasal verb
inhered in; inhering in; inheres in
formal
: to be a natural part of (someone or something)
He believes that liberty inheres in humanity as a natural right.
Does selfishness inhere in each of us?
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Coppola, who has been directing movies since 1963, voices his frustrations with the technical and material encumbrances that inhere in the conventional, professional way of working.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2025
Something similarly latent inheres in Greenberg’s dramaturgy.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Identity, the show suggests, is not reducible to an individualistic pursuit, but inheres in conversations, collaborations, and intergenerational knowledge transfers.
—Julia Silverman, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The book follows Tom’s moral development, guided by three matriarchal fairies—with political and scientific asides—and the whole can be read as an allegory for the moral principles inhering in evolutionary processes.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
These new movies offer a new kind of spectacle, one that’s not just a matter of audiovisual bombast but that inheres in cinematic form, becomes part of a film’s narrative architecture, and creates a distinctive psychological relationship with viewers.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
But better reasons inhere in the rush of new ideas that have reinvigorated the science of paleontology and forced us to recast murky old primitives as efficient and worthy creatures in their own terms.
—Stephen Jay Gould, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Americans can affirm their core values yet recognize the hubris that inheres in them.
—Melvyn P. Leffler, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2011
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2025
Something similarly latent inheres in Greenberg’s dramaturgy.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Identity, the show suggests, is not reducible to an individualistic pursuit, but inheres in conversations, collaborations, and intergenerational knowledge transfers.
—Julia Silverman, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The book follows Tom’s moral development, guided by three matriarchal fairies—with political and scientific asides—and the whole can be read as an allegory for the moral principles inhering in evolutionary processes.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
These new movies offer a new kind of spectacle, one that’s not just a matter of audiovisual bombast but that inheres in cinematic form, becomes part of a film’s narrative architecture, and creates a distinctive psychological relationship with viewers.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
But better reasons inhere in the rush of new ideas that have reinvigorated the science of paleontology and forced us to recast murky old primitives as efficient and worthy creatures in their own terms.
—Stephen Jay Gould, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Americans can affirm their core values yet recognize the hubris that inheres in them.
—Melvyn P. Leffler, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2011
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“Inhere in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inhere%20in. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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